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New Quaker Child Care Center Debuts
New Haven Independent, Friday, September 20, 2013 View this article online Click here to view the Friends Center for Children.
New Haven’s Friends Center for Children Opens in New Space
New Haven Register, Friday, September 20, 2013 View this article online. Click here to view more about this project in our portfolio
Rising Stars: A Composer in Architecture
Business New Haven, September 2013 View this article online. (Cover and page 21) or download the article below.
A Taste of Our Own Farm-to-Table Projects
For a little taste of our own farm-to-table projects, here are three that we are proud to have been a part of: Restaurant: Roia Restaurant Location: New Haven, CT Website: www.roiarestaurant.com Design Firm/Architecture: Grayling Design and Patriquin Architects Portfolio: Roia Restaurant Year: 2013 Inspiration: This French and Italian bistro-style restaurant which recently got an ‘excellent’ review in…
Take a Tour of Farm to Table Restaurants in CT
Our blog post this week was inspired by a special feature in the July issue of Architectural Record on farm-to-table designs. To bring this broad topic to a local level, we decided to explore farm-to-table restaurants in Connecticut. Restaurant: Oyster Club Restaurant Location: Mystic, CT Website: www.oysterclubct.com Architect/Designer: Michael McKinley Architecture/Design Firm: Michael McKinley and Associates,…
From Our Portfolio: Roìa Restaurant
ROÌA: A TIMELESS RESTAURANT IN NEW HAVEN’S HISTORIC TAFT BUILDING The Taft Hotel at 261 College Street in the heart of New Haven was designed by New York architect F.M. Andrews and opened in 1912. The grand dining room for the hotel was a 2-story-high space with dark moldings and light-colored walls. After the conversion of the…
Happy 4th from Patriquin Architects!
In honor of this national holiday, we share with you a favorite drawing by Jasper Johns called “Flags II.” We love the distillation of the idea of the flag, and the spontaneity of its rendering.
The Age of the Modern Architect in Guadeloupe
At the beginning of the 1900’s, Guadeloupe underwent a transformation. After being hit by a natural disaster, a few notable architects used their creativity and new, modern ideas to reconstruct and rebuild the island. Three architects who lead these changes were Alí Tur, André Bruyére and Gérard Michel Corbin. Alí Tur The foundation of the…
Guadeloupe: A Caribbean Island with French Flair
I had the pleasure of visiting Guadeloupe in April. The weather was beautiful and the islands a delight to all senses! During our vacation, I had time for a little work – fun work, that is! I explored the interesting and eclectic architecture that shapes this Caribbean archipelago. The architecture tells its own story about the history…
A Short History of the Taft Hotel in New Haven, CT
In 1910 the New Haven House, a key location for the social gatherings that hosted every President from Ulysses S. Grant to William Howard Taft, was to be demolished because there were plans to create a modern hotel designed by F. M. Andrews & Company. On January 1, 1912, The Hotel Taft, named after President…